{"podcast":{"title":"Arrive Alive! The Motorcycle Safety Podcast","slug":"arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391","podcast_index_feed_id":358391,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/248669/destinations/1870979.xml","website_url":"https://arrivealivepodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/2/1/4/e21413d61bf7443de5bbc093207a2619/ArriveAlive2020_final_album_art_for_platforms-20240205-4wxcytaxv9.png","author":"Len Bilello","episode_count":117,"summary":"Listen to real-life motorcycle riders share their stories about the mental, physical, and mechanical approach to riding and being safe on their motorcycles. Hosted by Len Bilello.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T20:21:19.658657+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391"},"episode":{"title":"The SMIDSY Effect: Why Drivers Don't See You (And How to Fix It)","slug":"the-smidsy-effect-why-drivers-don-t-see-you-and-how-to-fix-it","published_at":"2026-01-07T12:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391/the-smidsy-effect-why-drivers-don-t-see-you-and-how-to-fix-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391","url":"https://arrivealive.libsyn.com/the-smidsy-effect-why-drivers-dont-see-you-and-how-to-fix-it","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/arrivealive/six_arrive.mp3?dest-id=1870979","summary":"In Day 6 of the 12 Days of Motorcycle Safety, we welcome back returning guest John DelVecchio, a motorcycle training expert and author from Rochester, New York, for a critical discussion on visibility and being seen on the road. We dive deep into the \"SMIDSY\" phenomenon (Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You) and explore the science behind why drivers often miss motorcyclists—including eye movement blind spots called saccades, convergence invisibility, and windshield zoning. Listen and share with friends and family who ride.","meta_description":"In Day 6 of the 12 Days of Motorcycle Safety, we welcome back returning guest John DelVecchio, a motorcycle training expert and author from Rochester, New…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391/episodes/the-smidsy-effect-why-drivers-don-t-see-you-and-how-to-fix-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arrive-alive-the-motorcycle-safety-podcast-358391/the-smidsy-effect-why-drivers-don-t-see-you-and-how-to-fix-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}